| − | '''Ayaan Hirsi Ali''' (born ''Ayaan Hirsi Magan'') is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[feminist]] and author of several books: a set of essays entitled ''The Caged Virgin'', an autobiography, ''Infidel'' in which she recounts how she ceased believing in [[Islam]] and became an [[atheist]], and a recent book ''Nomad'' in which she further recounts her life story and discusses how best to address the difficulty facing Western communities in which [[Muslim]] refugees have settled. Born in 1969 in [[Somalia]], she was raised there and with her mother and two siblings (a sister and brother) resided for a time in several other countries, most notably [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Ethiopia]] and [[Kenya]], before fleeing to the [[Netherlands]] in order to escape an arranged [[marriage]]. Although she spent most of her life as a devout Muslim, after the attacks on the [[World Trade Center]]s in [[America]] on September 11th, she re-examined her beliefs. After reading ''Atheistisch Manifest'' by Herman Philipse, she became an outspoken atheist. Until recently, she held a seat in the Dutch [[Parliament]], the Tweede Kamer. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4985636.stm</ref> After making a 10 minute short film with noted Dutch Film Maker [[Theo Van Gogh]], entitled ''Submission'', a [[fatwa]] was issued on her, and Theo Van Gogh was killed. Henceforth, she does not travel to Muslim countries without police protection. In 2011 she married Niall Ferguson <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8770965/Henry-Kissinger-watches-historian-Niall-Ferguson-marry-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali-under-a-fatwa.html</ref> and in 2012 gave birth to a son.<ref>http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/12/ayaan_hirsi_ali_gives_birth_to.php</ref> | + | '''Ayaan Hirsi Ali''' (born ''Ayaan Hirsi Magan'') is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[feminist]] and author of several books: a set of essays entitled ''The Caged Virgin'', an autobiography, ''Infidel'' in which she recounts how she ceased believing in [[Islam]] and became an [[atheist]], and a recent book ''Nomad'' in which she further recounts her life story and discusses how best to address the difficulty facing Western communities in which [[Muslim]] refugees have settled. Born in 1969 in [[Somalia]], the second of three children born to the second wife of [[Hirsi Magan Isse]], a Somalian man known for opposition to [[Siad Barre]], she was raised there and with her mother and two siblings (a sister and brother) resided for a time in several other countries, most notably [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Ethiopia]] and [[Kenya]], before fleeing to the [[Netherlands]] in order to escape an arranged [[marriage]]. Although she spent most of her life as a devout Muslim, after the attacks on the [[World Trade Center]]s in [[America]] on September 11th, she re-examined her beliefs. After reading ''Atheistisch Manifest'' by Herman Philipse, she became an outspoken atheist. Until recently, she held a seat in the Dutch [[Parliament]], the Tweede Kamer. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4985636.stm</ref> After making a 10 minute short film with noted Dutch Film Maker [[Theo Van Gogh]], entitled ''Submission'', a [[fatwa]] was issued on her, and Theo Van Gogh was killed. Henceforth, she does not travel to Muslim countries without police protection. In 2011 she married Niall Ferguson <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8770965/Henry-Kissinger-watches-historian-Niall-Ferguson-marry-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali-under-a-fatwa.html</ref> and in 2012 gave birth to a son.<ref>http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/12/ayaan_hirsi_ali_gives_birth_to.php</ref> |